Turtle In Motion Animation studios based in Kolkata is seeking fresh Talents for their upcoming projects on a Contractual basis.
Currently looking for:
Matte Painter                                     
Min Exp: 3yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Should possess good creative knowledge and drawing skill and painting.
  • Strong understanding of perspectives, good color sense and theory.
  • Prior experience in working as a Matte painter is preferred.
Desired Skills:
  • Excellent Knowledge in Adobe Photoshop.

Senior & Junior Texturers
Min Exp: 2yrs-7yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Must have high-level experience in painting photo real  textures and have the ability to replicate details of objects in painting.
  • Must have a good skill base in UV and shaders and Hypershade in Maya.
  • Must be highly proficient in using 2d painting software like  Photoshop.
  • Strong observation skills to create realistic shaders in Maya.
  • Create high quality texture maps, including supporting maps (specular, displacement, etc) and possess a full understanding of map properties in relation to surfaces and lighting.
Desired Skills:
  • Proficiency in Maya, is a must.
  • Proficiency in a 3d painting software like Bodypaint3d/Zbrush/Mudbox is a must.
  • Added knowledge of 2d is an advantage

Senior Animator  
Min Exp: 5-7 yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Responsible to execute from blocking stage till secondary animation.
  • Should be able to act out a scene as and when required.
  • Should be able to work under tight deadlines.
Desired Skills:
  • Strong understanding of animation principles.
  • Rigging knowledge is a must.
  • Experience with Maya is a must, and other 3D applications are a plus.
  • Added knowledge of 2d is a major advantage`.

Junior Animator
Min Exp: Fresher’s – 2yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Responsible to understand the team requirement and act accordingly.
Desired Skills:
  • Strong understanding of animation principles.
  • Experience with Maya is a must, and other 3D applications are a plus.
  • Added knowledge of 2d is an advantage.

Character FX Artist    
 Min Exp: 5yrs
 Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Should be highly proficient in working with Hair and Cloth in Maya.
  • Should be able to execute shots assigned for Cfx in an effective manner for quality as well as for timely delivery of the shots.
Desired Skills:
  • Must be highly proficient on the Technical side of Maya.
  • Should have a experience of having worked on international projects as a cloth/hair artist.
  • Experience with other cloth/hair packages is an advantage.

Senior Lighting Artist                             
Min Exp: 5yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • To be proficient in CGI lighting.
  • To be able to work under strict deadlines.
  • Must be proficient in Maya with ability to work in Mental Ray as a renderer.
  • Must be proficient in working with a Compositing application like Fusion/Nuke for doing lighting Pre-Comp.
Desired Skills:
  • Strong color sense and theory / strong shading knowledge,
  • Understanding and creating mood lighting which suits the scene or shot.
  • Knowledge in Renderman is an added advantage.

Senior & Junior VFX Artist                     
Min Exp: 5yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • To be a keen observant.
  • To be able to work under strict deadlines.
Desired Skills:
  • Creating effects using Maya particle systems, dynamics, fluids & fluid dynamics using Real flow.
  • Customizing Maya using MEL scripting, Atomization of Repetitive tasks & effects using expressions.
  • Should be the one with experience of working in an International Project.

Rendering Artist                                     
Min Exp: 5yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • To be a keen observant to be able to figure out and provide with the detailed correction
  • To be able to work under strict deadlines.
Desired Skills:
  • Should be able to bring the final output in Mental Ray.
  • Knowledge in Renderman is an added advantage.

Compositors                                            
Min Exp: 5yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • To be a keen observant to be able to figure out and provide with the detailed correction.
  • To be able to work on stereoscopic pipeline.
  • To be able to work under strict deadlines.
Desired Skills:
  • Highly organized with strong color theory.
  • Strong sense of frame composition
  • Strong knowledge in software like fusion, combustion, after effects etc.
  • Ability to trouble shoot technical and creative issues.

QC Artists                                            
Min Exp: 5yrs
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Should be highly proficient in doing QC in a CGI environment.
  • The candidate should be highly capable as a technical artist to take care of the files , and to ensure that they are production friendly and ready to be deployed in production.
  • Should be able to stick to deadlines and must be a well planned individual to track and see that the files are being moved back to the artists for corrections.
  • Strong skills in the Technical side of Maya are the primary skill being looked for in a candidate.
Desired Skills:
  • Should have worked previously as a QC artist on an International project.
  • Multi departmental skills for QC will be an advantage.

Production Managers                                           
Min Exp: 5yrs
Desired Skills:
  • Experience in feature film and/or commercial production
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills required.
  • Superior skills in MS Excel.
  • Ability to cope with extreme deadlines a must.

Candidates are requested to forward their profiles to  careers@turtleinmotionstudios.com